Thursday, July 29, 2010

How Joe the Bear and Sam the Mouse Got Together

Too cute. Too cute. Too cute!!! The perfect tale of how opposites attract and how all friends can find a common ground. A great first reader with wonderful illustrations, it has a funny storyline that's easy to follow. Plus, the dapper, 1920s garb these two are sporting just kills me.

And soooo, the bear and the mouse meet and agree to do something together but they find all sorts of obstacles get in the way...

One wants to live in a big house, the other wants to live in a small house... one likes to go fast, the other likes to go slow...one likes to play drums while the other prefers the violin... until at last they find something they can agree on...

You will live in a big house.I will live in a little house.You will play football and ride slow.I will play baseball and ride fast.You will play violin music.I will play drum music.But everyday at three o'clock...Yes, everyday at three o'clock...We will eat ice cream together.

What a great memory you've brought back! I read this one many times, and just adored the bear, whom I thought was just fabulous. Thanks for sharing all these books, I find it wonderful. I'm going to have to go look & see if you have ever profiled The Duchess Bakes A Cake, which is also really funny and charming.

It's cool that they find something that they can agree on. Good thing for children to learn early. They should have an easy to follow book like this for married couples- sometimes people spend more time disagreeing than finding stuff to agree on.